William J. Palmer
After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, William J. Palmer taught Literature and Film at Purdue University. Golf. Tennis. Murder. is his 11th novel. Previously, the four novels of his Mr. Dickens Victorian murder mystery series were selections of multiple book clubs. His Wabash Trilogy, a sports novel, a crime novel, and a comic novel, explored Midwestern life in the 1970s and 1980s. He now divides his time between Indiana and Southern California.